Epic Things

So after talking to my Dad about how awesome the Grand Canyon is, I figured out how much it would cost and recruited 4 friends to go with me  so it would only cost $40 each for 2 nights hotel and round-trip gas. Making this a very affordable trip!

Friday

We left Friday night and arrived in Flagstaff around 9:30pm unpacked and had a beer at the hotel and then got a cab to the Beaver Street Brewery, where we all ordered some pretty delicious personal pizzas! and got the sampler platter which contained six 4 oz. beers. We had two seasonal’s, an IPA, Red, Heffeweizen and a Porter. My favorite of the night were the Jubilee Seasonal and the R&R Oatmeal Porter. The Jubilee was very flavorful and had a nice fruity/nutty taste to it and a really rich taste. the Porter was also an amazing brew. We hit up the bar that was attached to the brewery next door.

We walked the cold streets of Flagstaff to a gas station where we loaded up on snacks for the hotel room and waited for a taxi… 30 minutes we waited.  Finally we we’re back at the room where we crashed sometime around 2am.

Saturday

We got a late start around 11:30. After showers we hads an improvised beer tasting brunch where we tried Purple Haze Blueberry Ale and Blueberry Muffins as well as Dogfish Head Chicory Stout with double chocolate Mother’s cookies. both great parings. This was preceded by a big ass breakfast at Cracker Barrel

We began our day heading out to Winslow where there was apparently a huge meteor crater. which sounded cool.

We arrived at the Meteor crater and checked that shit out…

Then headed towards the real goal… The Grand Canyon!

after tons of driving I was starting to lose it… so Steve drove for a bit while I got a nice lil’ nap.

Bam! out of no where the Grand Canyon was beside us. so we pulled over!

It was windy as hell which made it super cold but we still had a good time! no hiking but still got some cool pictures. It was insane at how massive the grand canyon is! we hung out here for a while checked out some different spots and headed back to Flagstaff around 5ish.

Back at the hotel room we chilled out for a few and had a beer or two then headed out to the Flagstaff Brewing Company for dinner and more beer.

We all settled on burgers here and again we all got the beer sampler. 4 beers this time and they were in 6oz glasses I believe. on the menu was a Pale Ale, A Seasonal Spruce Tip Ale, a Porter and Stout. While both breweries this weekend had great beer the beer at Flagstaff brewing companys stood out a little more! namely the Special K’s Sitka Spruce Tip Ale and The Sasquatch porter!  Our waitress also knew her shit when it came to the beer as well! The Burgers were also good.

Checked out Maloneys cause it used to be cool when it was in Tempe… its not too cool in Flagstaff…

Ended up at the uptown billards for some Shipyard Pumpkin head ale’s and pool.  Finished up here and took a beat as explorer taxi back to the room to crash out.

Sunday

6:10am  I am awaken by Justin shoving a shot of 5-hour energy in my face. I willingly shot it and start the unfortunate task of waking up. After about 2 1/2 hrs and trying really hard not to fall asleep behind the wheel we are home!

*See the Blog for more Details on the trip!